What do you eat for breakfast?

“Toasted muesli, Greek yoghurt, honey and milk and sliced fruit.”

Tom, Queensland, Australia

Tropical toasted museli

Driving around Queensland, I was delighted to find farmstands everywhere. Ripe, fragrant tropical fruits were abundant; mangoes, papaya, bananas, pineapples, not to mention fruits I'd never encountered before, such as sapote and lucuma. I even met a pair of hitchhikers who had spent the previous six months climbing palms and selling coconuts to tourists at the Daintree National Park.

Muesli, originally a Swiss invention, has taken on a life of it's own in Australia. It is immensely popular with fruit and yoghurt, and is also sometimes sold at bakeries, pressed into a "slice." Here, we infuse it with the sunny flavours of Queensland. I imagine this would be especially delicious with yoghurt and passionfruit pulp!

2 cups plain oats

1/2 cup banana chips, broken up

1/4 cup dried papaya, cut into bite sized pieces

1/4 cup dried pineapple, cut into bite sized pieces

1/2 cup desiccated coconut

2/3 cup dry roasted macadamias, coarsely chopped

2/3 cup pineapple juice

1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil

2 teaspoons honey

A large pinch of salt

1.   Preheat your oven to 300°F (150°C).

2.   Combine all ingredients and mix thoroughly.

3.   On a baking sheet, spread the mixture so it makes one even layer.

4.   Bake for 20-25 minutes.

Allow the museli to cool, and then transfer to a nice jar or container.